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MARSHFIELD – Loyal scored three times in the top of the seventh inning and held off a late rally to beat Columbus Catholic 10-9 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division baseball game Thursday night at Jack Hackman Field.
Loyal (6-5, 5-3 Cloverbelt East) led 7-0 after three innings before the Dons mounted a comeback, tying the game at 7-7 with a six-run sixth.
After the Greyhounds scored three times in the top of the seventh, Columbus scored twice in the bottom of the inning but could not get the tying run across.
Three Columbus pitchers combined for 10 walks in the loss.
Ryan Dieringer, Charles Payant, Tyler Fuerlinger and Bailey Keffer each had two hits for Columbus (2-6, 2-5 Cloverbelt East).
The Dons play at Granton on Friday.
Greyhounds 10, Dons 9
Loyal 502 000 3 – 10 8 1
Columbus Catholic 000 106 2 – 9 12 1
WP: M. Roehl. LP: Tyler Fuerlinger.
SO: Luke Bogdonovich (5 inn.) 5, Roehl (1 2/3 inn.) 1, Trevor Wilke (1/3 inn.) 0; Charles Payant (4 inn.) 5, T. Fuerlinger (2 inn.) 3, Calvin Brown (1 inn.) 0. BB: Bogdonvich 4, Roehl 3, Wilke 0; Payant 8, T. Fuerlinger 1, Brown 1.
Top hitters: L, Riley Geiger 2×4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Sam Baumgartner 2×3, 3 RBIs. CC, Ryan Dieringer 2×4; Payant 2×3; T. Fuerlinger 2×5, 2 RBIs; Bailey Keffer 2×4.
Records: Loyal 6-5, 5-3 Cloverbelt Conference East Division; Columbus Catholic 2-6, 2-5 Cloverbelt East.